This one seems to go in more detail

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brothers-arrested-for-25-million-theft-in-ethereum-blockchain-attack/

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Apparently the IRS has a crypto unit. Interesting.

It doesn't exactly say how they were able to catch them. It says they tried to anonymize themselves but apparently there was a fatal flaw somewhere.

Which was obviously good in this case because these guys were bad. But if the government turns bad, I'd want bulletproof anonymity. I wouldn't want the government to be able to associate me with a Bitcoin address.